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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2015
Toyota recalls RAV4 EVs to repair Tesla system posing crash risk
Toyota Motor Corp., which built about 2,500 electric vehicles over three years with Tesla Motors Inc., said it's recalling the RAV4 EVs to repair components supplied by Tesla.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 26, 2014
Honda delays Legend sedan to guard against another quality lapse
Honda Motor Co., the automaker struggling with mounting recalls, said it's further delaying the start of sales for the redesigned Legend sedan to conduct additional checks on its radar safety system and hybrid powertrain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2014
Takata patent history shows decades spent seeking safer air bags
Air bag patents show researchers probed ways to make the devices more durable and the explosive propellant inside them more stable for decades before the Takata Corp. products designed to save lives started killing people.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2014
Takata snub of recall request not backed by data, NHTSA says
The top U.S. auto-safety regulator told lawmakers Wednesday there is no way Takata Corp. can justify limiting an air-bag recall to only high-humidity states.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 1, 2014
Inside Takata, tantrums but little sense of crisis over air bags
Shigehisa Takada, the third-generation head of Takata Corp., shows little sense of the crisis engulfing the Japanese air bag maker at the center of one of the auto industry's biggest safety recalls, according to three people who have met him recently.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 26, 2014
Takata air-bag rupture in Japan signals more automaker recalls
The transport ministry said Wednesday a Takata Corp. air bag ruptured in a model not covered by existing recalls, suggesting automakers may have to expand safety campaigns to replace the devices linked to five deaths.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 23, 2014
Toyota recalls 400,000 Lexus models due to fuel leak fire hazard
Toyota Motor Corp. recalled more than 400,000 Lexus vehicles in the United States because of the risk of fire caused by fuel leaks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 21, 2014
Explosive mix at Takata air bag factories
The dusty, industrial town of Ciudad Frontera, Mexico, has moved from the far reaches of the global auto supply chain to the front lines of an investigation into why air bags from Takata Corp. are blowing up with lethal force in accidents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 18, 2014
Lawsuit links Takata air bag death to delay in Honda alert
Honda Motor Co.'s U.S. unit advised dealers not to contact customers about a potentially fatal defect because of a parts shortage, one week before shrapnel from an exploding air bag left a woman looking as if she had been killed with a knife, lawyers for her family said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2014
Takata subpoenaed by federal grand jury in U.S. as chairman apologizes
Takata Corp., the Japanese air-bag maker at the center of a global recall crisis, has been subpoenaed by a U.S. federal grand jury to explain the defects with its safety devices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2014
Takata chairman stays out of sight as air bag crisis imperils dynasty
Takata Corp. Chairman Shigehisa Takada's failure to come forward and address an air bag crisis ensnaring the world's biggest automakers risks shaking investor confidence in the 81-year-old company's prospects.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2014
Takata coverage suspended by SMBC Nikko, citing air bag crisis
Takata Corp. was suspended from coverage by a securities firm that said the lawsuits and recalls the air bag maker faces in the U.S. cloud its earnings outlook.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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